Trend makes a DJ or a DJ makes the trend?
First of all, I would like to welcome you to my blog on cluboholic.com.
I didn’t take much thought on starting this; it was something I wanted and please don’t forget that “FREE expression” is everyone’s undeniable right.
This article basically concerns the DJS, the club owners and the promoters of this country.
Consider although that I am writing as a clubber as well as a DJ.
I noticed something anyway which really pissed me off and I will let it out in public (once more)…Things have to be told and discussed.
Maybe I’m wrong maybe I’m not…time will definitely tell… Either ways this is strictly my own opinion and I am not representing anybody else.
So…
Clubs are opening, clubs closing….clubs stayed as they were…
I saw great DJs visiting Cyprus, great producers come along…
Then I saw many locals DJS stay or forced at the background (history repeating), giving their places to the “trend djs”.
Below you will understand what I mean with the term “trend” DJ…
First of all I asked my self why on earth bother go to a club and watch a local DJ perform…?
Well personally when I visit a club I go strictly for the music. I go to listen and not demonstrate (my shoes, my hair, if I consume any drugs or alcohol); on the other hand demonstration is also everyone’s right, but since the subject here is music then “quality does it for me and not quantity”.
What is most important to you in the club entertainment anyway? Music, interior Design, Fashion style; drugs or alcohol?
A good environment plays a large role but its is not a basic part on having fun since we all have seen parties made in the worst places like warehouses. Music is the X factor which delivers the good mood and not the lightning or the owner of the club.
So actually the x factor in a club is the DJ/DJS and everything else is secondary.
Well, I used to see Minimal events, house events, techno, trance, progressive house events, disco house, tribal house etc and now?
Minimal and Psychedelic and from now and then some trance events… all made by the same and same and same artists.
So where is the variety of DJS..?? Well I guess they must be “stack” in the raw as Schwab says…
Please don’t bother answering we haven’t got any Djs who deliver these kind of shows.
Please….because it will be a freaking Joke. We all know them; we all have seen them before.
And please don’t answer, “This is what people want”.
Have clubs owners and promoters created a “copy paste mixture” of local djs playing over and over the same genre, promoting the same style serving the high-class image of a DJ which fits the interior design?
And if they did what would have been the point?
Or did local djs become a “copy paste” kind playing the same or similar style because they fear they will be forced or stay at the margin as I saw happening to many and many Djs (this year especially).
Why are you trying to make the scene look smaller; There are so many artists new and old?
Expand it………..
Anyway where is the diversity in the clubs?
At this point I think you all understood why I named this article “Trend makes a DJ or a DJ makes the trend?”
From the time I started gigging my philosophy was “be different, be your self and most of all BE GOOD at it”. And I thought this was the philosophy of many of you, AND MANY OF YOU followed and still follow this philosophy; that’s why I think the majority of you don’t play anymore.
Because facts show that it isn’t about be good and perform great shows.
Facts actually show that you’ve got to be in some sort of people’s circle so you can get the opportunity to play anymore.
For god sake I’m not saying we should stay the same and keep our eyes and mind closed. Everything changes and we should develop our selves and styles but not sell our ideals so we can fit on the red carpet and the wallpaper of a place……………
I saw the same “unknown” DJs and “known DJS” doing the openings of the international ones and I can count them in one hand; over and over again.
OK dear Mr. club Owner and promoter; what it takes to give the guys a chance back again? What exactly do you want from the rest of the DJs? Be in your gang so they can play or respect them and give everyone a chance equally? Do you underestimate the rest genres of electronic music other than the ones you prefer and listen?
And dear Ladies & Gentlemen DJS of this country have you stopped trying and washed your hands OFF the scene?
I am quoting a friend:
“Quality Djs make the trend (which acts as their own style signature) which everyone follows while the quantity DJs follow the trend of others and that’s when everyone else gets fed up”
I dare to ask this question and answer it either here or answer it to your self…
Have we sacrificed music for the sake of “Life and Style” in Cyprus?
Over the past year I kept watching Local Dance Music Scene from aside for some personal issues which have nothing to do with the club scene. It had only to do with music and so on…It was my personal decision and still is. I needed a break from performing and it did only good to me. This article has nothing to do with this state I am into.
Sincerely,
Miss Misti Lambel
Ps: Comments are always welcome.
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“From the time I started gigging my philosophy was “be different, be your self and most of all BE GOOD at it”. And I thought this was the philosophy of many of you, AND MANY OF YOU followed and still follow this philosophy; that’s why I think the majority of you don’t play anymore.”
exactly! don’t follow trends, be a trendsetter!
Dear misty
I can’t agree with you more. First of all what you said about “Why some people are trying to make the scene look smaller” i think we all know why.
Some Club Owners/Managers and some guys coming from the EDM scene of Cyprus want to take control of everything and they dislike competition. All in one, they want to have the monopoly. Ok that is bad for us and not towards them. I think the problem is that people who can make affect on the scene and stop things from getting worst they dont do anything and they just follow them.Some of them smell the money and some others just want the regognition or just the glory.
I don’t want to start a war with them but if you are going to make it happen i am with you:) .ALL IN Created for ONE reason : we are trying to re-establish the Local scene.
We was so sick about what was happening in our Local scene. .and i am really happy with your article!
Cheers !
Just came across this and had to have a say. I totally agree with everything mentioned above and thank misti for speaking out and starting this up! Just one thing what is the “EDM scene”?
Wouldn’t the glory be given to the people who break this vicious cirlcle, instead of simply following like sheep and empowering the certain owners/managers/promoters you speak of? To stop a monopoly from forming, you have to undermine it. If the clubbers want choice, it needs to be given somehow - Against the will of the monopolisers. Taking the money aspect out of it as much as possible would help too.
Mavraki5, you don’t want to start a war but something along those lines might be needed for change. Lets call it a “movement” instead and somehow combine it with other arts and cultural aspects too. After all music is an artform.
It’d also help if there were a few open minded club owners out there to facilitate this movement. If not, here is a farfetched idea… Chip together and rent a generator for a night, find an accessible spot, DJs bring their own gear and self-promote, people bring their own booze or other such poison of choice (if needed) - we have a venue and an event. You get squat-parties all over the world and they snowball pretty quick.
I suppose thats when either the police or those greedy people previously mentioned get invoved (whoever gets their first). In the latter case the DJs, organizers and partiers need to keep control and have their say - Club Scene Socialism
Revolution is upon us!!! Ah.. thats enough of a ramble.
LOL!! What a Tit. Never came across the abbreviation for electronic dance music. Sorry for the dumbfuck question boys and gals
Dear misty,
Totally love your blog and couldnt agree more with your article. Keep it comming. Hopefully one day its gonna be only about the music and not about the dj. I have been to so many illegal warehouse raves in london and i must say that non-popular djs deliver so much better and usally never play comercial tracks. Check out my site and let me know what you think.
regards, chris
thank you all for your kind comments. Everyone is welcome
First of all i would like to start by saying that DJing shouldn’t be seen as a competitive activity. DJing is a way of expressing our thoughts, feelings, moods and spiritual innings, towards people who want to listen. Towards people who belong in the free spirit world.
Misti, as i was reading your blog i found myself nodding my head, agreeing to the way u see things and how u express them.
Everyone should be allowed and be given the chance to perform and show what they are capable of. If that opportunity is not given to the ‘unknown’ dj’s then the future of music will not be much different than what it is like right now.
Also the ‘great’ dj’s should be admired and not be something to be feared. Instead we should be inpired by them and compete with them in a personal level! Thats how new trends are being set!
Clubbing in Cyprus doesnt look good at the moment and i dont think it will change much. Unless… unless we owned a club of our own! A club that would have had free entrance for everyone, and many different dj’s to be allowed to perform every night just for the sake of music! But all that is just daydreaming…
As u correctly stated above, Mr. Owner just doesnt care about music. He only cares about what the mass listens to. And that right now is RnB mostly.
I guess thats why most of the unknown djs in Cyprus just stopped trying to get a chance to perform in clubs Misti. Because Mr. Owner ‘knows’ what the people wants to listen better that a dj knows…
And no Misti.. we havent sacrificed music… at least not in a personal level.
I must say a word about this part of your comment Haris :
“Clubbing in Cyprus doesnt look good at the moment and i dont think it will change much. Unless… unless we owned a club of our own! A club that would have had free entrance for everyone, and many different dj’s to be allowed to perform every night just for the sake of music! But all that is just daydreaming…”
I didnt include every f*cking club/bar owner of this island in this article. I spoke generally..
Some owners DO give a chance. At least one i do know personally has given many opportunities to a hell lot of unknown and known Djs to perform at his place including the FREE ENTRANCE; including the variety in music styles/ genres…
And because it is not my habit to actually hide behind my finger the place is Guaba Beach Bar and its owner.
So the point in this is “NOTHING’S IMPOSSIBLE” IF and ONLY there’s good willing in it.
Well said Haris. Keep the music up in the skies…
misti
I avoided mentioning Guaba because it is the only exception on this island. If it wasnt for Yiannis ( Guaba owner ) to come up with such a wonderful place like Guaba then many of us would have commited suicide
But i was talking about clubs (i.e Basement). And im also speaking in general… im sure there must be more owners like Yiannis out there but they are just not enough of them…